The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Tester role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Tester
Rank 199 195 201
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Tester 21 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.379% 0.134% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.397% 0.139% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 1
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -0.68%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5285 5050 4821
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.41% 96.84% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4205 4200 4068
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Automation Tester Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Tester
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automation Tester across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Automation Tester Salary Trend

Automation Tester
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Tester within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Yorkshire +13 21 £35,000 -
North Yorkshire - 8 £35,000 -
Automation Tester
England

Automation Tester
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Automation Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Tester in their job title.

1 29 (85.29%) QA
2 28 (82.35%) Automated Testing
3 25 (73.53%) Java
4 22 (64.71%) .NET
5 17 (50.00%) Selenium
5 17 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (38.24%) QuickTest Pro
6 13 (38.24%) C#
7 11 (32.35%) Test Automation
7 11 (32.35%) Cucumber
8 8 (23.53%) LoadRunner
9 7 (20.59%) ISEB
10 5 (14.71%) ISTQB
10 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (14.71%) HP
11 4 (11.76%) SQL
11 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
11 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET
11 4 (11.76%) XML
11 4 (11.76%) Web Testing
11 4 (11.76%) Test Management
11 4 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
11 4 (11.76%) MSTest
11 4 (11.76%) Automation Testing
12 3 (8.824%) Scrum
13 2 (5.882%) TDD
13 2 (5.882%) BDD
14 1 (2.941%) Mingle
14 1 (2.941%) Waterfall

Automation Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Automation Tester in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (64.71%) .NET
2 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET
2 4 (11.76%) XML
3 1 (2.941%) Gherkin
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Mingle
Development Applications
1 17 (50.00%) Selenium
2 13 (38.24%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (32.35%) Cucumber
4 8 (23.53%) LoadRunner
5 4 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (11.76%) MSTest
5 4 (11.76%) Visual Studio
6 1 (2.941%) SpecFlow
6 1 (2.941%) FitNesse
General
1 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.941%) Finance
1 1 (2.941%) Banking
1 1 (2.941%) Retail
1 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
1 1 (2.941%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Automated Testing
2 17 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (32.35%) Test Automation
4 5 (14.71%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (11.76%) Web Testing
5 4 (11.76%) Test Management
5 4 (11.76%) Automation Testing
6 3 (8.824%) Scrum
7 2 (5.882%) TDD
7 2 (5.882%) BDD
8 1 (2.941%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.941%) Software Testing
8 1 (2.941%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.941%) Test Scripting
8 1 (2.941%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) Java
2 13 (38.24%) C#
3 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) ISEB
2 5 (14.71%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (85.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) HP
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Automation/Tester/Agile/QA/Harrogate/Selenium/QTP/Loadrunner/Cucumber... You will have an excellent knowledge of automated test tools ( Selenium, QTP, Loadrunner, Cucumber etc ) to work on their...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013